A few weeks ago I found out Suze Orman was going to be on Piers Morgan Tonight – with a studio audience! So I couldn’t help myself and I managed to get Bill and I in to the audience. I was so excited. I submitted a random question about home ownership but didn’t get picked to ask a question but that was ok – we were just happy to be there.
We started out first off, going to Steak ‘n Shake. I had been so excited to check this out beacuse I had only ever heard about them when people would talk about the best fast food in the Midwest – so I was sold. They are located right next door to the Letterman theatre and the night we were there just happened to be his 30th anniversary show. Howard Stern was a guest and here was the paparazzi at the side of the theatre waiting for him.
I actually managed to see the Late Show back in 2005 – on our show we had Brittany Murphy as a guest and the John Butler Trio.
Anyway, back to Steak ‘n Shake. I loved it. Only downfall? Lack of seating! We lucked out and got two seats right where the burgers are being made.. but if we didn’t score them we would’ve been eating our burgers standing outside.
We got their basic steakburger, fries, a shake to share and coke. They have implemented one of those amazing soda machines that we saw at the movies so it was great to use it.
I really really liked everything there. I love the super thin fries… Bill not so much. The burger was juicy and I loved the pickle spears rather than discs. All in all, it was delicious! The shake was really nice and they make them all at their shake bar. The other thing, it wasn’t Shake Shack prices.. so that was nice as well!
We then wandered up to Columbus Circle and had a “I want this in our kitchen…” shopping experience at Williams Sonoma. It is so strange without Borders being in Columbus Circle – it is really sad and it feels so empty. So after some wandering, we then headed into CNN to line up for Piers Morgan.
Line is the operative word. They didn’t have seats or anything and just had to stand in this bare corridor for over an hour. I know they don’t specialize in studio audiences but they need to take a leaf out of Martha Stewart’s book and learn how to organize an audience. There wasn’t many of us so some chairs wouldn’t have been an issue! While we were in the corridor they had a camera man go past and they asked us just all to ask some random questions into the camera so that was kind of strange. I was over tired and grumpy by the time we got called into the studio – but that soon disappeared when we saw how intimate the set was, how personable Piers is and then… Suze! The show was live so as the introduction was aired… oh my gosh… there was Bill and I beaming across the world with me asking my question to the camera!
The live Twitter feed on the big screen –
The show went really quickly and we got lots of on screen time. It was funny because back in Australia, Ev, Shannyn and Ma and Pa would all see us as they were recording it. Things like this make the world seem a lot smaller! I was so tempted to wave to the cameras and bring out a hidden ‘HI MUM!’ sign… instead everyone saw lots of Bill’s ‘fake pondering’ poses. He is such an actor! Bill decided to do a compilation of the times we got on TV for us to share… so here is is. I’m not sure why he has Empire State Building at the beginning…
When we left, we got a free copy of Suze’s Book ‘The Money Class’ and we got our weary selves into a cab and straight home to watch how we looked on TV. It is SO bizarre watching yourself on HD TV… but so much fun too. It was a great way to spend a weeknight!